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Meanings of archetype in inglés

portugués
arquetipo
catalán
arquetipus

Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.

arquetipo
ruso
архетип

Concept in textual criticism and stemmatics.

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Usage of archetype in inglés
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This archetype exemplifies the way we need to respond to difficult situations.
Climbing Magazine
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Nixon, of course is also the archetype of a politically successful sourpuss.
The Guardian
3
An archetype is model, pattern, or structure that serves as an example.
Wicca Spellcraft For Men
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The First Admiral wasn't quite what he'd envisaged, the gung-ho military archetype.
The Naked God
5
Television has been a better training ground for the female action archetype.
Reuters
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This is not the archetype for the character, but for the action.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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This psychological gesture is the expression of the essence of this archetype.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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The third and final archetype is the one which is most uncommon.
Amberville
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The archetype is the thread connecting these deeds one to the other.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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Even heroin addicts -there's a Bonnie-and-Clydearchetype with many of them.
The Guardian
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It's because he's light skinned and handsome…the archetype of a pretty boy.
Ebony
12
Everybody is playing an archetype: Henry Fonda's black-hat, Charles Bronson's avenging loner.
The Irish Times
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Everything he says lives up to the archetype of the downtrodden peasant.
The Guardian
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By the time humanity could record history, the archetype was already widely used.
Wicca Spellcraft For Men
15
Take for example the idea of the cat as an archetype.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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Yes, this is true, but again this is a quality, not an archetype.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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